AC/DC Drummer Phil Rudd Charged With Attempting To Procure A Murder

A new 3CD edition brings Brian Johnson's pre-AC/DC recordings with Geordie back into circulation, alongside early Bon Scott material and a disc of AC/DC covers, but its history of the two singers is far from complete.

AC/DC's Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap turns 50 this month, marking half a century since the Australian band issued one of the defining albums of its Bon Scott era.

Large Mirage have released Wildfire, a song shaped by bushfire, resilience and the Sydney band's rapid rise, following two sold-out AC/DC support shows and ahead of a national run of dates.

Bon Scott's 80th birthday is being marked with a new series of limited edition gold and silver minted bars from The Perth Mint, extending the partnership between the Mint and the Scott family following last year's sell-out commemorative coin release.

A collection of personal correspondence written by AC/DC frontman Bon Scott during 1978 is providing a rare firsthand account of the band's relentless touring life at a pivotal stage in its international breakthrough. The archive, assembled by road manager and tour director Dawn M. Blouin and now being offered through RR Auction, contains seven signed letters and cards written from tour stops across the United States and Europe, revealing Scott's reflections on travel, friendships, drinking and the pressures of life on the road.

Rose Carleo has returned with ‘42 Days’, an album that combines personal grief with classic Australian rock influences, while drawing inspiration from figures including AC/DC's Malcolm Young family and Elvis Presley.

AC/DC's Who Made Who reaches its 40th anniversary this week, marking four decades since the soundtrack project for Stephen King's Maximum Overdrive became one of the band's most enduring catalogue titles and delivered one of its defining songs of the 1980s.